Fraud, Schmaud

As far as all this brouhaha goes with the laws pending as well as already enacted, up for a vote or being challenged, that require a photo id in order to vote goes, my preference would be this. I would prefer that a dozen or even a hundred fraudulent votes were cast to even one, single solitary, properly registered American voter turned away for lack of a photo id. And to continue with this whole photo id logic, why isn't it proof enough that I am who I am when I turn in my expiring driver's license to get a new one?  I would be fine if the burden fell to the government rather than the individual to register to vote. In fact, when you register, part of the process ought to be to issue a photo id at no cost! Call me a bleeding heart liberal socialist tree-hugger if you must, but I don't find government backed health care or taxation with representation or caring for our elders the least bit fascist. I do have a problem with any system that smells the least bit like a poll tax.